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#AVTchat 2: “Reading Skills and Auditory-Verbal Therapy”

Reading books aloud immerses infants with digital hearing devices in words and sentences, with this early exposure giving many strong spelling and grammar skills for life. Ten books per day is typical when infants have auditory-verbal teaching, hence the topic of this chat. Second #AVTchat session On November 4th, 2015, Sound Advice hosted the second

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#AVTchat: “What Is Auditory-Verbal Therapy?”

Since 2007, Sound Advice has listed the four communication options for families whose children are deaf, to ensure families make fully informed decisions on their childrens’ behalf. Our e-book, “Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak… Perfectly!” also guides families wanting to build auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) into everyday routines for everyone’s benefit. First #AVTchat

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Early Intervention Gets Illinois Children Hearing And Talking

Through a program in Illinois State, audiologists, speech therapists and teachers of the deaf train in early intervention for children to learn to hear and talk with hearing-devices. * VIDEO: Graduate program trains students to teach children with hearing issues The joint training of multi-disciplinary teams is growing in the US, as more families choose

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The Sound Barrier, July 2015

“The Sound Barrier“, an hour-long public education documentary about cochlear implants in Ireland, screened on RTE, the state television channel on Tuesday, July 14th at 21:35. View the documentary here in its entirety, with the trailer at the end of this post. Celebrating Bionic Hearing For Children In July 2014, bilateral cochlear implants for children

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Listening In School Can Drain Cognitive Resources

Children who have hearing difficulties can find listening all day in school and classes to be exhausting work, according to an article in the May 2015 edition of The Hearing Journal. Defining The Challenge The author, Dr Ryan McCreery, of Boys Town National Research Hospital Omaha, writes: Specifically, the task of understanding and processing speech degraded

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Why Do Deaf Schools Cost So Much?

Discussions about specialist schools for deaf students, routinely highlight that educational outcomes for the students tend to be well below national averages – despite large sums of money being invested into the schools, into digital tools and into teaching resources. Cost Analyses Can Be Illuminatory Reading the critique, Why Are Expenses So High At School For The Deaf?, by Dr Nick Fina,

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Public Service Innovation Using Design (Conference)

SPIDER, a European project about service design, held its final conference, “Innovating Public Services In Challenging Times” at Dublin Castle, on June 9th and 10th, 2015. Key Learning Points Public services in Europe need reform to address the recurring, ‘wicked’ social issues. Four co-creation models were presented by Birgit Mager for innovating public services. The historic social power slope has

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Dr Carol Flexer: We Hear With Our Brains

Mention the name Dr Carol Flexer, and most audiologists and speech therapists worldwide will nod in recognition. Dr Flexer, an expert in childrens’ auditory brain development, hosted a sparkling session in Dublin on May 7 for professionals ranging from those mentioned, to social workers, educators, researchers and cochlear implant support teams. Dr Flexer’s last visit to Dublin coincided

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Speaking at the VdGM International Forum (Dublin)

A certain irony existed in being asked by Dr Peter Sloane, to join a panel at the Vasco da Gama Movement Forum in Dublin – after doctors in the 1970s had said I would never talk. Before this call to speak on the science of cochlear implants, the VdGM (Vasco da Gama Movement), the WONCA Europe Working Group for New

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A Letter To A Visionary Speech Therapist

Dublin January, 2015 Dear Mrs Speechie (as you always will be known), In recent months we discussed how today’s deaf children can become verbal, thanks to newborn hearing tests and timely access to cochlear implants and digital hearing devices. Some areas of concern still existed however – namely that: Ireland has lacked a specialist speech therapist for deaf

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